2nd shooting death in a week occurs in Michigan City

A second shooting death has occurred in Michigan City in less than a week. Michigan City Police said they were called to the Canterbury apartment complex shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday, July 29, 2018, and found Darnell D. Crawford, 39, of Michigan City, dead of a gunshot wound. Crawford was lying on the sidewalk.

Police are interviewing witnesses and searching for the shooter. Anyone with information is asked to contact lead Detective Arwen LaMotte at (219) 874-3221 extension #1081.

On July 25, a 32-year-old Hammond man was shot and killed in the 100 north block of Woodland Avenue. An 18-year-old Michigan City woman was arrested and charged with murder the next day. (See story on this same page.)